Presentation system

a technology of presentation system and projection beam, applied in the field of presentation system, can solve the problems of unstable point, limited shape of point, and erroneous projection of laser beams that are hazardous to the eyes of the audience, and achieve the effect of suppressing shaking

US7027041B2Inactive Publication Date: 2006-04-11FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO LTD
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
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Publication Date
2006-04-11
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A presentation system comprises: a screen device; a projecting device for projecting an image onto the screen device; an indication mark for setting two reference points, which is two orthogonal points on a rectangular virtual screen, near a presenter and for the presenter operating a point on the virtual screen; a photographing device for photographing the virtual screen and the indication mark; and an arithmetic operation device for generating coordinates of the virtual screen from the two reference points photographed by the photographing device, and for calculating coordinates of the indication mark on the generated virtual screen. The projecting device projects a point image onto the coordinates of the indication mark on the image.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to a presentation system for giving a presentation while indicating a point on a screen using a projector such as a liquid crystal projector. More particularly, the present invention relates to the development of a new pointer.

[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0004] When making a presentation for a lecture or the like using a liquid crystal projector, a laser pointer which indicates a point on a screen by projecting a laser beam is often used. A laser pointer of this type has, however, the following disadvantages. Shake greatly and adversely influences the pointing operation, thereby making the point unstable. A laser beam may be erroneously projected to be hazardously incident on the eyes of the audience. In addition, the shape of the point is limited to simple shapes such as a circle and a line, which cannot satisfy the demand for changing the shape of the point according to the user...

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[0021]One embodiment of the present invention will be described hereinafter with reference to the drawings.

[0022]FIG. 1 schematically shows an overall presentation system in one embodiment according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference symbol P denotes a presenter, 1 denotes a screen (screen device), 2 denotes a liquid crystal projector (projecting device) which projects a liquid crystal image onto the screen 1, 3 denotes a control arithmetic operation section (arithmetic operation device) and 4 denotes a personal computer. Data on the liquid crystal image is generated in the personal computer and the image data as well as various commands is input from the personal computer 4 into the control arithmetic operation section 3. The image data which has been processed by the control arithmetic operation section 3 is input into the liquid crystal projector 2, and an image based on the image data is projected, as a visible image, onto the screen 1 from the liquid crystal project...